Wakanohana Monogatari Dohyō no Oni

Wakanohana monogatari dohyou no oni
	Japanese movie poster
Directed by	Kenjiro Morinaga
Produced by	Nikkatsu
Release date	December 27, 1956[1];
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Wakanohana monogatari dohyō no oni (若ノ花物語　土俵の鬼, lit."Wakanohana: the Story of Devil of the Dohyō") is a 1956 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Kenjiro Morinaga.

It is a sport film about sumo wrestler Wakanohana Kanji I.[2] He was nicknamed "Devil of the dohyo"" due to his great fighting spirit and endurance.

Cast

Wakanohana Kanji I as himself
and others

References

(in Japanese) http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1956/cf005560.htm accessed 8 February 2009
Gunning, John (17 September 2019). "Sumo 101: Sumo on the silver screen". Japan Times. Retrieved 21 October 2019.

External links

Wakanohana monogatari dohyou no oni (1992 film)

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[1] (in Japanese) http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1956/cf005560.htm accessed 8 February 2009

[2] Gunning, John (17 September 2019). "Sumo 101: Sumo on the silver screen". Japan Times. Retrieved 21 October 2019.